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Welcome to the Women's Fund for the Fox Valley Region, Inc., an organization working to create positive social change by funding programs that improve our community by investing in the unique needs and talents of women and girls. The Women's Fund pools together gifts both large and small from a broad base of donors to support our grants, education and advocacy work.
Worldwide, women and children are disproportionately represented among victims of violence, the poorest of the poor, and the uneducated. In the United States, 37 million people live below the poverty line—21 million of them are women. When you give a woman equal access to opportunity, her family and community will thrive.
Volunteer Information Meeting
Want to learn more about the Women's Fund and our volunteer committees? Please join us for a no obligation volunteer information meeting on Monday, March 22 at 4:00p.m. at our office inside the Community Foundation, 4455 W. Lawrence Street, Appleton. For more information contact Becky at bboulanger@womensfundfvr.org.
Let's Dish: Women Connect
We are excited to have 80 women hosting Let's Dish parties this year! Read a great story about Let's Dish from Insight Magazine. Learn more about the event.
Woman to Woman: Creating Community Connections Book Project Released
Copies are available from the Women's Fund office at 4455 W. Lawrence Street, Appleton for $10 each or may be purchased for $12 at Bookland, 224 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Neenah. Thank you to Kimberly-Clark Corporation for their generous financial support. Proceeds support the work of the Women's Fund.
The National Low Income Housing Coalition reports that the housing wage (the amount a full-time worker must earn in order to afford a two-bedroom unit at the area's Fair Market Rent in the Appleton-Neenah-Oshkosh MSA) is $12.80 per hour. Workers such as childcare providers, home health aides, nursing aides, receptionists, teacher assistants, and pharmacy technicians all earn, on average, less than the area's living wage.
